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What Will We Name the Solar System’s Next Planet? || PLANET X??

In 2006, Pluto was reclassified as a “dwarf planet.” This had two main effects on our solar system: it reduced the number of recognized planets to eight, and left many Earthlings very sad. But Pluto’s demotion reignited a conversation that scientists have had since Neptune’s discovery: is there a “Planet X” orbiting the Sun that…

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In 2006, Pluto was reclassified as a “dwarf planet.” This had two main effects on our solar system: it reduced the number of recognized planets to eight, and left many Earthlings very sad. But Pluto’s demotion reignited a conversation that scientists have had since Neptune’s discovery: is there a “Planet X” orbiting the Sun that we don’t yet know about?

Producer/Video by: Jason Lederman

Narrator: Eleanor Cummins
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Special Thanks: Br. Guy Consolmagno, IAU
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  1. JRWperformance

    January 31, 2019 at 9:36 pm

    Bob. Name the next planet Bob.

  2. jlederman2

    January 31, 2019 at 10:29 pm

    So cool!!

  3. Kash Coleman

    January 31, 2019 at 11:08 pm

    Planet hades would be cool.

  4. Casey Larson

    February 1, 2019 at 5:18 am

    Nibiru.

    • hotpockets222

      February 1, 2019 at 5:13 pm

      Yes. This planet already had a name.

  5. hotpockets222

    February 1, 2019 at 5:11 pm

    Nibiru. This planet has had a name for centuries.

    • BaDaBoom BaDaBing

      April 26, 2019 at 11:50 pm

      wtf……where is it……what proof……don’t spout about any writings on it. I mean proof!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  6. www.thrillseekersdating.com

    February 2, 2019 at 4:59 pm

    Mulya (Italian)

  7. William LeVan

    February 2, 2019 at 5:48 pm

    How about Trump after the US’ greatest president?

    • DrTed3

      February 3, 2019 at 1:58 am

      Excellent! Then send him there to check out his new real estate.

    • Nehvids

      February 3, 2019 at 9:47 pm

      You want to name it Moron?

  8. bobinh2otown

    February 2, 2019 at 8:20 pm

    Nibiru….aka planet x.
    Ps everyone its pronounced Nibru….least how the Sumerian clay tablets say ..Translated by Oxford University…

  9. outerrealm

    February 2, 2019 at 11:01 pm

    Vulcan

  10. ゲーター 科学者

    February 2, 2019 at 11:41 pm

    It has to be Minerva. We have Venus and Gaia (Earth) represented, yet male gods dominate the names of the solar system’s planets.

    As for the Nibiru fans, ancient doomsday prophecies lost their appeal after 2012 ~ sorry.

  11. rebelcharlie

    February 3, 2019 at 1:16 am

    Planet IX makes a little more sense, since Neptune is planet VIII. Like Catnip used to say; “That sounds logical…”

    • sQWERTYFALIEN2011

      May 23, 2019 at 8:42 am

      I like your use of Roman Numerals . I used to wear a Shirt size 50 ( Roman Numeral L ) and now I wear a size 40 ( Roman Numeral XL )
      PROOF that I am Losing Weight !

  12. jagcat61

    February 3, 2019 at 6:47 pm

    Imagine that, the Mayans were right. 900 years ago they documented 10 planets in our solar system.

  13. charles mathis

    February 6, 2019 at 1:27 am

    One more thing. WILL SOMEBODY, PUT SIRI’S OPINION ON PLANET X, ON YOUTUBE? SOMEHOW???

  14. A3Kr0n

    February 9, 2019 at 8:10 pm

    If you like this video check out the channel ParallaxNick. He’s got four videos on PlanetX and many other great ones too. I think I’ve watched almost every video he’s made so far within the last couple months that I’ve known about him.

  15. C and C Sisters Jr.

    February 11, 2019 at 8:20 pm

    No, Name should be Planet X

  16. Gacha Lover

    February 11, 2019 at 8:20 pm

    No, Name should be Planet X

    • Medic83

      May 19, 2019 at 10:24 pm

      But then there would have been no point in demoting Pluto from planet status. See, planet X got its name by being planet number 10. With Pluto no longer being planet number 9, that leaves the slot for number 9 open! Thus removing the ability of saying “conspiracy confirmed” by all those who have been saying planet X is out there and the govt has been watching and hiding it for decades. They’ve known about it since the late 50s and they know theres nothing to be done about it except hopefully survive the effects. Pole shift, catastrophic climactic changes, etc. The whole, man-made climate change thing is an attempt to cover up the effects of planet X approaching.

  17. Ga cha Lo ver

    February 11, 2019 at 8:20 pm

    No, Name should be Planet X

  18. ThatPistOffGuy

    April 23, 2019 at 12:23 pm

    The pride of a people that believe in *nothing,* thinking their vain declarations will last for ever. haha
    -Truly amusing, if it weren’t so repugnant.
    ~Tpog

    Psalms 49.11
    11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names.

  19. Kid Scratching His Head

    April 25, 2019 at 4:55 pm

    Pluto was just reclassified as a planet.

  20. Joey Holthusen

    April 28, 2019 at 12:45 pm

    Ancient Sumerian tablets say Pluto was a moon of Neptune ripped away by nibiru during a fly by.

  21. C M

    May 8, 2019 at 6:31 pm

    Janus, the roman god for beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, passages, and endings.

  22. screen box

    May 12, 2019 at 4:41 am

    Planet x has moons i think

  23. Jeremy M

    May 18, 2019 at 2:07 pm

    Our government has been hiding planets from us for a long time. They know what is coming and they have been digging their tunnels for years. Take Jesus as you Lord and Savior before it’s to late.

    “Then the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and everyone else, both slave and free, hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains. They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can withstand it?””
    ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭6:15-17‬ ‭

    • Medic83

      May 19, 2019 at 10:25 pm

      Amen, brother.

  24. Mamboo007

    May 21, 2019 at 11:09 pm

    I would call it “Chaos” (known as god of darkness and emptiness)

  25. sQWERTYFALIEN2011

    May 23, 2019 at 8:37 am

    1:35 The Symbol for Uranus just so happens to look like . . . . . .

  26. Concerned Canadian

    May 28, 2019 at 3:02 pm

    Should change your name to “Popular science for kids”..

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